Actually, he went to the University of Wisconsin - Stout. The main campus of the University of Wisconsin is in Madison (gorgeous too I might add.) In the late 60's early 70's it was a hotbed of student radicals. I believe it was SDS who blew up a couple of buildings there, including the Math building. There was at least one death. In college I dated a guy who went on to graduate school there and he showed me the bullet holes, etc.

Anyway, UofW has a system, similar to California I think, of various campus throughout the state. When I heard "Stout" on the news last night that was a new one to me. I looked it up and it is pretty far north in Wisconsin which makes sense because the guy is actually from Minnesota. (This is a "local" story so it is getting lots of coverage here.) His father was interviewed and of course, his son is a good boy and just wanted to get his message out (PLEEEASSE!)

In any case UofW - Madison is still somewhat radical. Wisconsin has sort of a split personality -- Madison -- state capital and sometimes called Moscow of the Midwest and the rest of the state.